Closing Keynote: Unplugged – Scott Guthrie Unplugged

  • scottgu@microsoft.com
  • http://Twitter.com/scottgu
  • New applications/trends in the industry
    • Exciting times in consumer space – devices and web
    • 2011 – more phones than pc’s
    • MS – 3 screens and a cloud
      • TV, device, and PC
    • Consumerization of IT
      • Devices moving into enterprise space
    • Automated testing
    • Buy and customize trend
  • Complexity – catching up with all the new SDK, API, & platforms
    • Hahaha he doesn’t have an answer
    • He just says MS needs to be aware.
  • VS 10 Editor – talk about new stuff in vs10
    • Dual monitor support
    • Drag any window out, including editor
    • Better intellisense
    • Lots of small things in the editors
  • Testing – talk about new stuff in vs10
    • Record and capture
    • Historical debugging – black box
  • Future support of ASP.NET MVC
    • Beta of 2.0 coming soon
    • ASP.NET MVC 2.0 will be built in to VS10
    • ASP.NET Webforms is not going away
  • LINQ to SQL futures / EF
    • Built into .NET 4
    • LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entity Framework, both are staying
  • Code contracts and functionality (Pro vs. VSTS)
    • New feature with .NET 4
    • Decorate your methods with conditions that need to be true
  • ASP & Silverlight will be more tightly integrated
  • Silverlight to Mobile
    • Working hard on it but cannot be ready to talk
    • Nokia Sembian phone will work
    • Will be on a lot of devices – linux and more
  • Silverlight 4
    • Will focus on business
  • My Thoughts:  I like where things are going, it seems that MS development team are focused on functionality and not on revolution of new things.
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